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of the leading hounds were within a few yards of his 

 brush, to outpace them, and gave them the slip in 

 BeediDg Shaw. It will be seen by the foregoing 

 account that the prospects of the Southdown are 

 most promising. Foxes abound, the hounds are as fit 

 to go as they can possibly be, and Champion is as 

 energetic and persevering as ever. The Brookside have 

 been showing some good sport. Hares are abundant, 

 and a visit to this beautiful pack of old-fashioned 

 harriers will well repay the trouble. The kennels 

 are situated near Kottingdean, close adjacent to the 

 residence of Mr. Steyning Beard, the present master. 

 These well-known hounds have been in the possession 

 of the family during the whole of the present cen- 

 tury, invariably showing good sport ; which is easily 

 accounted for when it is explained that the master 

 hunts them himself, and allows the hounds to pick out 

 the line of the hare themselves, which they do most 

 musically and with the greatest diligence. This is 

 real hare-hunting, where the hounds are allowed to do 

 the work unaided, and the result shows the soundness 

 of the policy, for I have seen some of the best runs 

 that I ever enjoyed with any harriers amongst the 

 many I have ridden with in my time. The fixture 

 on the 4th was Harvey Cross, a mile or two from 

 Eottingdean, on which occasion the pack had two 

 excellent runs. The first hare was found by a shep- 

 herd on Middle Brow, and at the welcome sound of 

 " So-ho ! " the pack were soon brought to the halloa, 

 when up started puss, who led them a merry chase 

 up and down the steep hills which, by-the-way, it 

 takes some nerve to negotiate finally being killed in 

 Kingston Furze, after a clinking run of two hours and 



